The Red Raiders were approached last season about putting their game with Texas on the Longhorn Network. They refused and Texas instead showed games against Rice and Kansas last season.

Texas State is a new member of the Western Athletic Conference and could have determined the broadcast partner of their Tech game under terms of the contract.

The WAC has recognized the Longhorn Network as an “official ESPN platform” after the network agreed to televise all of UTSA’s home games next season as it transitions from Football Championship Subdivision status to Football Bowl Status in 2014.

That might be true, but Tech officials were determined not to appear on the Longhorn Network.

Even if it cost them millions of dollars, the potential loss of the game and litigation to stay off the network.